Alarm Pillow by Seung Jun Jeong Alarm Clocks Are So Redundant…. It’s time to move on and discard phone alarms and clocks! This is the new age people; we need cooler and hipper gear like this Alarm Pillow! 5 Scientific Reasons The Dark Side Will Always Win The Rebels got lucky. Han, Luke, Leia, that Nib-Nub guy who flew with Lando, all of them should have been death-starred hard in the face by the Empire -- and not just because of the Empire's superior numbers and technology. Darth Vader and his underlings planned every last subtle detail, right down to the color of the spaceships and Vader's own robot voice, according to what science says works. Will the Dark Side win in Cracked's Adventures in Jedi School mini-series? The Color Black Is Scientifically Proven to Intimidate People At the beginning of Episode IV, stormtroopers blast the crap out of some rebel scum. Also, he does this. And It Works Because ... We know what you're thinking: Big deal. Yeah, but ... why? After all, black also makes us more aggressive. By the way, there's no way he could've brushed his teeth with that thing on. And choketastic space magic. Instead of this. Thinking Evil Thoughts and Clenching Your Fist Makes You Stronger "They have amazing health coverage." Shithead.
Underwater Suite Wind Up Socket by Dongwon Joo & Jieun Choi Wind Up With Glee Putting it straight enough for you, Wind Up Socket has a timer to it, once you set the duration and time’s up, the electricity supply to that socket gets cut off. For grownups who don’t have many restrictions and can self regulate, this one may seem more cumbersome than anything else. But for moms with teens who don’t comprehend “half hour of TV / Videogames time”; this is booty! I’d only be careful of placing the cords of various gadgets carefully, otherwise its set! Designers: Dongwon Joo & Jieun Choi Who Said a Yacht has to Look Like a boat? (by @baekdal) #design Written by Thomas Baekdal | Monday, June 29, 2009 It's hot and summer and what better place to relax than on a yacht - especially one with a striking design. Here is some 'inspiration' for what you might buy. Oculus The Olucus is a very futuristic looking yacht from Schpfer Yachts. Infinitas If that design isn't striking enough, then can you always opt for the bigger and more spacious designed Infinitas. Including a living room on the main deck, a dining room on the other side of the pool area. Price? (via Schpfer Yachts - Image credits: Tangram 3DS) Follow: 42Concepts
Pirate Ship Bedroom When a client contacted Kuhl Design Studio, a house remodel and renovations company, to design a unique bedroom for his six year old son, they came up with this. An absolutely stunning pirate ship. The base of the rope bridge is anchored on top of the jail cell. We welded a custom steel door for that real jail feeling. A crows nest using a ten inch hand-hewn timber for extra strength. They used 2x12 ribs to construct the hull of the ship, covering them with layers of 1/2 inch plywood to act as the planking. This is what it looks like when you enter the bedroom. Looking down the rope into the closet below. A full grown man crosses the rope bridge into the ship. View from closet up through the hull of the ship. Here Steve Kuhl sits at the helm of the ship. Follow: 42Concepts
Memo Ring - Jewelry for Romantic Geeks A delightful gift box hints at a romantic surprise inside. Maybe it is a ring? Yes it is a ring, but it’s not just a piece of jewelry. Actually Memo Ring is USB flash memory for Win/Mac – with LED and capacity 2GB. I wonder whether there any crazy geeks that will make offer to the girl with this ring. For more detail and prices please visit Gung site.
Ians Shoelace Site - Shoe Lacing Methods Mathematics tells us that there are more than 2 Trillion ways of feeding a lace through the six pairs of eyelets on an average shoe. This section presents a fairly extensive selection of 50 shoe lacing tutorials. They include traditional and alternative lacing methods that are either widely used, have a particular feature or benefit, or that I just like the look of. 50 Different Ways To Lace Shoes Criss Cross Lacing This is probably the most common method of lacing normal shoes & boots. Over Under Lacing This method reduces friction, making the lacing easier to tighten and loosen plus reducing wear and tear. Gap Lacing This simple variation of Criss Cross Lacing skips a crossover to create a gap in the middle of the lacing, either to bypass a sensitive area on the instep or to increase ankle flexibility. Straight European Lacing This traditional method of Straight Lacing appears to be more common in Europe. Straight Bar Lacing Hiking / Biking Lacing Quick Tight Lacing Ukrainian Lacing- New!
Galactic Blasters Written by Thomas Baekdal | Thursday, March 24, 2011 Ever since reading "The Hitchhicker's Guide to the Galaxy" I have always wanted to own my very own Kill-o-Zap. For those who do not know what that is, here is how it is generally described. The designer of the gun had clearly not been instructed to beat about the bush. 'Make it evil,' he'd been told. 'Make it totally clear that this gun has a right end and a wrong end. I haven't actually found one yet, but earlier today I did come across Dr. What about this "Unnatural Selector - ray blunderbuss." What about a 17 inch F.M.O.M. ...or what about the "Righteous Bison Indivisible Particle Smasher?". Follow: 42Concepts
Skeleton Keys to New York's Secrets, Free While Supplies Last | Fast... - StumbleUpon This summer hundreds of New Yorkers will be seen hastily undoing padlocks, ducking through creaky gates, and rifling through strange P.O. boxes. Do not be alarmed! The city-wide security breach is part of the public art project Key to the City. Anyone can simply retrieve free keys at a kiosk in Times Square (pictured above), and those keys unlock 24 locations across the city's five boroughs, which are listed on the Key to the City website. These locations include secret gardens, hidden rooms, and tiny electrical panels. Since it launched last Thursday, hundreds of New Yorkers have already participated in the large-scale scavenger hunt, which borrows its name from the symbolic welcoming gesture relegated to visiting dignitaries and heads of state. The piece was conceived by Honduran-born artist Paul Ramírez Jonas, who has worked with keys before, to symbolize ownership and civic pride. A key unlocks a locker at Brooklyn's Gleason Gym. How long it will take for someone to hit all 24 locks?
Floating Homes Futuristic, yet, but not the far-fetched science-fiction fantasy industrial design you might think – the Oculus by Schoepfer Yachts may not be for sale yet but it is already in pre-production mode with naval architects on board, so to speak. Hardly your typical houseboat, it is a virtual cruise ship for the rich and famous who can afford to buy it when it is fully planned and built. The anthropomorphism of this luxury floating home is of course intentional – the front deck like the gaping mouth of a gigantic sea creature and the sleek curves mimicking streamlined oceanic animals. Complete with a swimming pool on top and a futuristic interior design this is far more like a permanent mobile home than a cruising yacht. The smaller and simpler (both adjectives applied relative to its bigger brother of course) version of this spectacular design is the Infinitas, with a more sleek and streamlined profile and a semi-enclosed on-board swimming pool in the center but underneath the shell.